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English term or phrase:
(bound tight with wire) a loop of which had been fixed above and behind his head, then drawn down and tight under his jawline
Spanish translation:
un trozo del cual (el alambre)había sido pasado por sobre y por detrás de la cabeza, luego tensado bajo su mandíbula....
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Walter Landesman
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He was bound tight with wire, a loop of which had been fixed above and behind his head, then drawn down and tight under his jawline. The wire had cut deep into the old man’s flesh and the front of his shirt was soaked black-red with his blood.
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Walter Landesman
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un trozo del cual (el alambre)había sido pasado por sobre y por detrás de la cabeza, luego tensado bajo su mandíbula....
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Leopoldo Gurman
: Dejaría "un lazo del cual había sido pasado por sobre y detrás...". Me pareció muy bueno lo de "tensado". Saludos! =:)
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sí, podría ser. Pero como era un "wire", no me quedaba tan claro si podía ser "lazo". Gracias, Leo.
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felizfeliz
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gracias.
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Gabriela Rodriguez
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gracias Gaby.
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el lazo pasaba por encima y detrás de su cabeza...
...luego bajaba y se ajustaba debajo de su mandíbula.
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Alejandra Tolj
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...con una lazada por sobre y detrás de su cabeza, luego sujetada fuertemente por debajo de su m
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un lazo había sido amarrado sobre y detrás de su cabeza, y luego extendido hacia (sigue en abajo)
abajo con fuerza bajo su mandíbula
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Note added at 2 hrs 56 mins (2005-04-23 14:34:37 GMT)
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versión completa:
un lazo había sido amarrado sobre y detrás de su cabeza, y luego extendido hacia abajo con fuerza bajo su mandíbula
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Note added at 2 hrs 56 mins (2005-04-23 14:34:37 GMT)
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versión completa:
un lazo había sido amarrado sobre y detrás de su cabeza, y luego extendido hacia abajo con fuerza bajo su mandíbula
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